King Li Ke of Lingnan led Duke Duan Zhixuan of Fan and Duke Xiang of Qiao State Chai Shao of Qiao State. After quelling the rebellion in Jiaozhi County, he launched an attack on Linyi State with the encouragement of victory in the Persian region and the Korean Peninsula.

Li Ke was very smart. Before the war began, in order to adapt to the tropical rainforest climate of Linyi Kingdom, he specially conducted three months of adaptability training in the tropical rainforest area of ​​Jiaozhi County and carried out sufficient material preparations.

At the beginning of the war, the Tang army was progressing smoothly, and the Linyi army had almost no power to fight back. The Southern Expedition Army quickly attacked Wencheng, which was less than 200 miles away from the capital of Linyi.

The King of Linyi personally led an army of 30,000 to fight the Tang army northwest of Wencheng.

Li Ke personally visited the front line to command and prepared to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop.

The Tang army had an advantage in terms of military strength and weapons. Li Ke commanded the central army, Duan Zhixuan was on the left and Chai Shao was on the right, and 80,000 troops launched a fierce attack on the Linyi army.

Just as the Tang army attacked the enemy and Linyi's army was about to collapse, a hidden elephant army suddenly broke out from Linyi's army.

5,000 elephants carried 10,000 Linyi troops and crushed the Tang army. The Tang army had never seen such a formation. Many war horses from the north were frightened at that time, and many officers and soldiers were also panicked, and chaos appeared in the Tang army's formation.

The elephant soldiers, like a group of tanks, rushed around the Tang army's ranks. The Linyi army on the back of the elephant was descending from a high place, with arrows and guns stabbed, and the Tang soldiers turned over. The King of Linyi led other troops to chase and kill them. The Tang army was defeated and suffered heavy losses.

The Tang army retreated for more than 200 miles before stabilizing the front line and could only temporarily stop the conquest of Linyi Kingdom.

Li Ke is very smart and good at learning. He visited local people and read historical materials, and obtained some useful information:

During the two conflicts between the Southern Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty and Linyi, the other party used elephants. One was in May of the 23rd year of Yuanjia (466 AD), Emperor Wen of the Southern Dynasty, Tan Hezhi, the governor of Jiaozhou of the Song Dynasty, was ordered to attack Linyi, and King Fan Yangmai of Linyi used elephant troops to participate in the battle. The initial battle of the Song army was unfavorable. General Zhenwu Zong Que believed that all beasts were afraid of lions, and elephants were probably no exception, so he rushed to make many fake lions and hide in the grass. He also dug many traps around the scheduled battlefield. The enemy drove the elephant army to attack, and Zong Que released the fake lion. The elephant turned around and frightened. Zong Que took the opportunity to command the soldiers to release thousands of crossbows. The frightened elephants ran around, and many fell into the trap, and both people and elephants were captured alive.

Another time was at the end of Renshou of the Sui Dynasty. Liu Fang was sent as the chief marching officer of the Wenzhou Road to fight against Linyi. Wang Fanzhi of Linyi fought with a giant elephant. Liu Fang used his deception to lead the elephant to fall into a trap, and then used a crossbow to kill him, thus winning and capturing the capital of Linyi in one fell swoop.

Based on these information, Li Ke found a way to deal with the elephant army of Linyi Kingdom. After a period of preparation, he led the army to launch an attack on Linyi Kingdom again.

However, it was the continuous rainy season. The Linyi army destroyed the road. The difficulty in transporting the Tang army's baggage dragged down the speed of progress. At this time, due to the wet weather and mosquito bites, a plague suddenly broke out in the Tang army. The Tang army's soldiers vomited and diarrhea and were weak all over. The Tang army did not have targeted drug treatment, which led to the death of many soldiers. The Tang army's conquest operation failed again.

Li Ke had no choice but to ask Chang'an for help.

When Li Chengqian learned the news, he immediately summoned Liu Quanzhong, the head of the hospital of the major hospital. Liu Quanzhong said that the major hospital was powerless to do anything about it. So Li Chengqian sent someone to invite Sun Simiao, which made Sun Simiao stump.

Sun Simiao suddenly remembered Li You's parchment scroll, which might have been recorded on it, so he recommended Li You again.

In fact, when Li Chengqian saw that everyone had no choice, he was not worried, and he had already thought of the magical Li You.

Li You was passed to Liangyi Hall.

After reading Li Ke's letter of help, Li You searched briefly in the Science and Technology Library and found a solution. However, he did not make a statement immediately, just said that he would wait until he went back to read the parchment before talking.

After Sun Simiao and others left, Li You said to Li Chengqian: "Brother, this matter is not difficult. I have seen a recipe for treating this kind of plague on the parchment. However, I have an idea to discuss it with my brother."

Li Chengqian was very happy when he heard Li You say there was a solution. He smiled and said, "Fifth brother, I knew this would not be difficult for you. You cured the plague in Chang'an City back then. If you have any difficulties, let me tell me."

"Brother, the southeast region is very important for the future development of the Tang Dynasty. Linyi itself is an important coastal area, and the capital of the State Council is an important port city and has an important strategic position.

The third brother suffered a setback when he went on a war for the first time. The eldest brother must provide strong support to avoid damaging his enthusiasm for making achievements.

This method of treating the plague that occurred in Linyi Kingdom is best not to let him know that it was his own actions, as this will make him feel discouraged."

Li You's concerns make sense. Li Ke is arrogant and always conceited about his talents. When he saw Li You making achievements overseas, he volunteered to guard the southeast for the court.

After the attack on Linyi Kingdom was frustrated, his emotions had been hit to a certain extent. Compared with the impressive achievements made by Li You, Li Ke was already a little discouraged. If he knew that he could solve the problem by relying on Li You's method, he would have been very disheartened.

Li Ke is the head coach of the Tang army in the southeast region. If he goes to war with this mentality, it will not be good news for the Tang army.

Moreover, for Li You, what he was worried about now was not how to make achievements, but that he had made too many contributions and was unwilling to receive the honor of treating the plague again.

Li Chengqian praised Li You for his attitude of not caring about personal fame and fortune and devoted himself to the interests of the Tang Dynasty. In the past, Li Chengqian would like to hope that Li Ke would fail to see him. But now his position as a prince is very stable, and his mind and demeanor and pattern of looking at problems have risen to a certain level, and he can also think about problems from the overall situation of the court.

He said, "Fifth brother, you have considered it right. What are you going to do with this matter?"

Li You said: "I'm really embarrassed. I can't think of what to do with this matter for the time being?"

Li Chengqian said: "Just say it was the solution that the miraculous doctor Sun Simiao came up with, isn't it enough?"

Li You shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't work. With Mr. Sun Simiao's character, he will never mistook this credit."
Chapter completed!